phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...

Introduction: The study of behaviors that can lead to a healthy academic lifestyle for learners has always been of interest to researchers. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of self-esteem in between parent-child relationship and health-oriented academic lifestyle. Methods: The present study was descriptive-correlational and structural equation modeling. The statistic...

abstract target-oriented approaches to translation studies are regarded as recent theories of translation. one of the most famous theories among these approaches is descriptive translation studies presented by toury (1995). this theory gives a new dimension to translation studies and gives importance to the descriptive rather than prescriptive studies. it also identifies three sets of transla...

The aim of this study was to investigate the role of coach-oriented organization and team performance in the mental health staff General Directorate of Youth and Sport of Ardabil. Descriptive and correlational methodology has been applied to the target and the field was done in this study population all staff General Directorate of Youth and Sport was Ardabil province in the number of them 85 p...

The present study aims to investigate the relationship between professors' character and dialogue-oriented teaching from the point of view of the students in University of Isfahan using structural equation modeling. This study is an applied one collecting data through descriptive-correlative methods. Statistical population of the study included 13281 students of Isfahan University in the school...